Chapter 9 Terms

Question 1

group of merchant ships sailing together, protected by war ships

Answer 1

convoy

Question 2

President Taft’s policy of expanding American investments abroad

Answer 2

Dollar Diplomacy

Question 3

Woodrow Wilson’s statement that the U.S would not use force to assert influence in the world, but would instead work to promote human rights

Answer 3

Moral Diplomacy

Question 4

Alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy prior to WWI

Answer 4

Triple Alliance

Question 5

the right of people to choose their own form of government

Answer 5

self-determination

Question 6

World Organization established after World War I to promote peaceful cooperation between countries

Answer 6

League of Nations

Question 7

Theodore Roosevelt’s policy of creating and using, when necessary, a strong military to achieve America’s goals

Answer 7

Big Stick Diplomacy

Question 8

organization whose job was to educate the public on the nature and cause of WWI and to convine Americans it was a just cause

Answer 8

Committee on Public Information

Question 9

country which is owed more money by other countries than it owes other

Answer 9

creditor nation

Question 10

form on non-traditional warfare generally involving hit-and-run attacks by small bands of fighters

Answer 10

guerilla warfare

Question 11

economy in a colony where the colonizing country removed raw materials and shipped them back home to benefit its own economy

Answer 11

extractive economy

Question 12

amendment to the declaration of war on Spain pledging that the US would not take possession of Cuba

Answer 12

Teller Amendment

Question 13

act passed by Congress in 1917 enacting severe penalties for anyone engaged in disloyal or treasonable activities

Answer 13

Espionage Act

Question 14

telegram written by German Foreign Minister Zimmermann proposing an alliance between Germany and Mexico against the United States during World War I

Answer 14

Zimmermann note

Question 15

political, military, and economic domination of strong nations over weaker territories

Answer 15

imperialism

Question 16

aggressive nationalism

Answer 16

jingoism

Question 17

rising prices caused by too much money in circulation

Answer 17

inflation

Question 18

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| an agreement signed by the United States and Spain in 1898, which officially ended the Spanish-American war</p>

Answer 18

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| Treaty of Paris 1898</p>

Question 19

Act passed by Congress in 1916 pledging that the Philippines would ultimately gain its independence

Answer 19

Jones Act

Question 20

a region dominated and controlled by an outside power (hint - China)

Answer 20

sphere of influence

Question 21

Alliance between the UK, France and Russia prior to WWI

Answer 21

Triple Entente

Question 22

people whose moral or religious beliefs forbid them to fight in wars

Answer 22

conscientious objectors

Question 23

country which owes more money to other countries than others owe it

Answer 23

debtor nation

Question 24

payment for war damages

Answer 24

reparations

Question 25

established a civil government in Puerto Rico

Answer 25

Foraker Act

Question 26

battle front between the Allies and Central Powers in western Europe during World War I

Answer 26

Western Front

Question 27

Set of conditions under which Cuba was granted independence in 1902, including restrictions on rights of Cubans and granting to the U.S the “right to intervene” to preserve order in Cuba.

Answer 27

Platt Amendment

Question 28

an agreement to stop fighting

Answer 28

armistice

Question 29

internal migration of southern blacks to the north to work in factories, other economic opportunities, and to escape racism

Answer 29

Great Migration

Question 30

soldiers killed, wounded, or missing

Answer 30

causualties

Question 31

American Statement that the government did not want colonies in China, but favored free trade there

Answer 31

Open Door Policy

Question 32

glorification of the military

Answer 32

militarism